Stand up to Cancer co-founder Noreen Fraser dies at 63
LOS ANGELES — Noreen Fraser, a TV producer whose own cancer diagnosis turned her into an activist against the disease, has died. She was 63.
Fraser died Monday at her Los Angeles home of metastatic breast cancer, her family said.
She joined forces with other prominent women, including Katie Couric, to found Stand Up to Cancer. The organization holds celebrity-filled telethons and has raised a reported $300 million-plus for research since 2008.
Its aim is to get lifesaving treatment to patients more quickly through collaborative research.